Season 2, Episode 4: Peter H. Lindert, Making Social Spending Work

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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Peter H. Lindert, economic
historian and author of Making Social Spending Work
in which Lindert examines how social spending relates to
economic growth in various countries and the emphasis we must
place on investing in the young. 


Together, they examine the history of public social spending
and address the key challenges around intergenerational
inequality and fiscal redistribution, the returns on investment
in human capital, how to deal with an aging global population,
and whether migration is a cost or a benefit for
society. 


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Footnotes:



The Rise of Social Spending


Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since
the 18th Century


Public Spending on Education


Sustainable Development Goal 4


Social Spending 


Welfare


Social Expenditure Database


Adam Smith


John Locke


Thomas Malthus


French Revolution


Church and State in 21st Century Britain


The Road to Serfdom


Authoritarianism


Free Lunch Puzzle


Social Democracy


Universal Health Coverage in the US


The US Immigration Debate


Spending on Children and the Elderly



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